The
flamingo flock was surprisingly large! |
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One in particular seemed to be keeping a watchful eye on
me. |
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The second one from the right is saying, "Hey you! With the
camera! You can hurt yourself carrying something that heavy!" |
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Here was something new! I had no idea swans came in
all-black! (I've been corrected, I thought it was a goose...I ran
afoul...) |
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My favorites!
(My childhood ostrich
doll "Fifijs" is still around the house somewhere!) |
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These two were busy working at the netting, putting their
escape plan into action!
Guna Vitola wrote us that these active
fellows are baby cranes, hatched at the Zoo's incubator. They are the common
crane, grus grus. The predisposition for children to get into everything
(or attempt to get out of it!) appears universal! |
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The exotic bird habitats had a corporate sponsor (larger
and more "natural" quarters). This guy's working off some energy! |
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This pair wouldn't stay still long enough (that blur in
front is a second parrot!). But we can admire them just for their
colors! |
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This somewhat less colorful pair seemed quite content in
their outdoor habitat. |
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Even if ostriches are my favorite, the owls were
the most captivating. |
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Once again, someone is keeping an eye (one) on
me! His apprentice isn't quite sure of me, either! |
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The way some of them stare back, you wonder whooo's watching
whooom. |
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It's meal time for this white owl, undoubtedly the most beautiful of all owls!
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"Hey buddy! Enough already with the pictures! How's an owl
to eat in peace?" |
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Opposite the owls, in an aviary which saw the rise and fall
of the Soviet empire, the vulture. Thick necked and broad shouldered, he
looks like a gangster surveying the prison yard scene. |
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Someone is staking out lunch!
I think I'm
projecting my own rumbling stomach! |
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These fellows look hungry, too!
Meanwhile, the humans
stop for ice cream. It's zoo tradition, of course! |
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There's definitely more than a mere feather in this fellow's
cap! |
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